Discover FreeBSD servers

Karlie
Tera Contributor

‎07-09-2025 12:57 PM

I see a lot of old posts about this so I thought I would ask to get some update answers. Can we discover FreeBSD servers in ServiceNow using discovery?

 

What is the best way to go about this, can we do it without creating a new custom pattern? Thanks!

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Fabian Kunzke
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‎07-09-2025 11:08 PM

Hey,

 

FreeBSD is "just" a unix distribution. UNIX discovery should work in that regard. The key question (also pointed out here: Free BSD discovery? - ServiceNow Community) is: Do you want to have your own classifier & your own class? I don't see any benefit from this.

 

So when it comes to just the discovery: Yes, you should be able to do this based on the UNIX discovery.

 

Regards

Fabian

Karlie
Tera Contributor
In response to Fabian Kunzke

‎07-10-2025 11:10 AM

Thanks Fabian. So I did end up adding a name contains BSD in the classifier for linux based on that post you linked. For it to set the proper OS does that mean I need to create a custom pattern? The OS is being set as GNU/Linux when I expected to see FreeBSD. 

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Fabian Kunzke
Kilo Sage
Kilo Sage
In response to Karlie

‎07-10-2025 10:32 PM

Hey,
I would not suggest a custom pattern. Instead you can add an extension section to the existing Unix discovery pattern which then can override the OS for BSD servers. This way you will be able to keep the ootb discovery functionality and with comparably low effort set the correct OS for BSD.

 

 

Regards

Fabian

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